1. Youth Resiliency: Challenging America’s Achievement Culture California Adolescent Health Conference Oakland, CA October 29, 2010 Sara Truebridge, Ed.D. & Vicki Abeles

2. Resilience Resilience is the self-righting and transcending capacity within all youth, adults, organizations, and communities to spring back, rebound, and successfully adapt in the face of adversity. 2

3. Big Question Why do some individuals who are exposed to high risk environments/events make it while others do not? 4

4. Environmental Inputs DEVELOPMENTAL SUPPORTS & OPPORTUNITIES (Protective Factors) In Families Schools Communities Peers Societal Impacts THUS PRODUCING POSITIVE PREVENTION & SUCCESSFUL EDUCATION and LIFE OUTCOMES Individual Outputs PROMOTING POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES Social Emotional Cognitive Moral-Spiritual Individual Inputs THAT MEET DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS Love & Belonging Safety Respect Power Challenge Mastery Meaning Youth / Human Development Process: Resilience in Action Caring Relationships High Expectations Meaningful Participation Benard, 1991 4

5. Protective Factors Critical to Healthy Development & Life SuccessCARINGRELATIONSHIPS “Being there” Models caring Showing interest in Getting to know Compassion Listening/Dialogue Patience Basic trust Safety HIGH EXPECTATIONS Belief in people’s resilience Respect & confirmation Challenge & support Firm guidance Structure/rituals Strengths-focused Reframing MEANINGFULPARTICIPATION Safe places Inclusion Responsibility Voice & choice Participant-driven Experiential skill development Contribution Caring for others Peer support 5

6. Application to Race to Nowhere High-Risk Environment / Adversity / Stress Strengths-Based Inclusive How vs. What Reform vs. Transformation Beliefs 6

7. What Practitioners with a Resilience Perspective Do Moving to a resiliency approach requires a personal transformation of vision…the lens through which we see our world. To make systemic changes…depends on changing hearts and minds. Bonnie Benard, 1993 7

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